We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive.

À ne conserver que les faits qui ne sont que des données de la nature, et qui ne peuvent nous tromper.

Antoine Lavoisier

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Facts Scientific method Science

Author

Antoine Lavoisier

Source

Elements of Chemistry

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

French

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Chemist Scientist

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Lavoisier, Antoine. Elements of Chemistry, in a New Systematic Order, Containing All the Modern Discoveries, translated by Robert Kerr. William Creech, 1790.

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Lavoisier, Antoine. Elements of Chemistry, translated by Robert Kerr. Dover Publications, 1965.

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